Sur

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Sur

Total population

57,875

Founded

2008

Coordinates37.91°, 40.24°

Demographic figures from TurkStat. Overview below cites Wikipedia and may reference a different year.

City facts

Facts from Wikidata (CC0).

Overview

Sur is a municipality and district of Diyarbakır Province, Turkey. Its area is 1,227 km2, and its population is 100,613 (2022). It covers the eastern part of the city of Diyarbakır and the adjacent countryside. The historical Diyarbakır Fortress lies in this district, which takes its name from the castle walls.

Geography

Coordinates & boundaries from the US Census TIGER/Line shapefiles.

Notable people from here

S

Sayf al-Din al-Amidi

Sunni scholar

J

John of Ephesus

6th-century Byzantine historian

Ephraim of Antioch

Greek Orthodox Patriarch of Antioch

K

Kemal Eraslan

Turkish translator and writer (1930–2022)

B

Bedri Gürsoy

Turkish statesperson (1916–1991)

N

Nazım Önen

Turkish statesperson (1887–1967)

S

Sırrî Hanım

E

Enver Saatçigil

Turkish statesperson (1915–2000)

A

Abdulkadir Şakşak

Turkish association football player (born 1974)

Muhtar Fikri Güçüm

Turkish statesperson (1876–1930)

Cavit Ekin

Turkish statesperson (1892–1976)

C

Celal Güzelses

Turkish singer of Kurdish ancestry (1899–1959)

K

Kutbettin Arzu

Turkish statesperson (1955–2023)

S

Selahattin Cizrelioğlu

Turkish statesperson (1924–2011)

C

Celal Turgut Güvenç

Turkish statesperson (1923–2006)

C

Cüneyt Aysan

Turkish screenwriter (born 1968)

People born within ~10 km, from Wikidata (CC0). Click any name for their Wikipedia article.

Nearby places in Diyarbakır

• Cabella Ligure
  1671.4 mi away · pop. 641
• Montacuto
  1671.5 mi away · pop. 339
• Mongiardino Ligure
  1672.8 mi away · pop. 204
• Rocchetta Ligure
  1673.8 mi away · pop. 220
• Casasco
  1676.8 mi away · pop. 149
• Casalnoceto
  1678.5 mi away · pop. 877
• Montegioco
  1678.9 mi away · pop. 306
• Sant'Agata Fossili
  1680.6 mi away · pop. 413
• Montale Celli
  1681 mi away
• Cuquello
  1681.1 mi away
• Sardigliano
  1681.6 mi away · pop. 441
• Cassano Spinola
  1683.3 mi away · pop. 1,858

Browse all places in Diyarbakır →

Geography & sun

Elevation, sunrise/sunset and daylight from Open-Meteo. Solar climatology from NASA POWER.

Public attention

Pageview totals from the Wikimedia Pageviews API.

Books about Sur

Le commentaire sur Génèse-Exode 9, 32 du manuscrit (olim) Diyarbakir 22

Van Rompay L. · 1986

Le Commentaire sur Genèse-Exode 9,32 du manuscript (olim) Diyarbakir 22

1986

Diyarbakır sur içi anıtları ile köşkler ve bağ evleri

Orhan Cezmi Tuncer · 2012

Le commentaire sur Genèse-Exode 9, 32 du manuscrit (olim) Diyarbakır 22

1986

Notice sur le manuscrits syriaques et arabes conservés à l'archevêché chaldéen de Diarbékir

Addai Scher · 1907

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